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magentaplacenta:
Is there any way to find out what all is running/loading up upon PC startup?  I mean more than the task manager.  I'm running XP Pro and it seems it takes a little longer for all my apps to launch when I first fire them up....I'm guessing other stuff is loading up, supposedly making them "faster" when I choose to launch them.  I basically want to delete any of the load up shit I don't use that often.

Looking to streamline.

MrX:
if you want something fast, get BeOS. BeOS Max v3.1 came out a while ago too.
go see what i wrote har:
http://www.5starsupport.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=37

Mr X

JanusChrist:
Click Start, select Run, type "msconfig"

NegStar:
Hi MagentaPlacenta,  :o

You have to examine all the windows startup locations to see where the programs are being launched from. Specifically, you must look at:

1. win.ini, and system.ini - Check for win.ini's Run= and load= lines. Also check system.ini's Shell=Explorer.exe to see if any trojan executable follows the explorere.exe reference.

2. Windows Services - start-run-type in "services.msc" or Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
Open the Administrative Tools and click Services.

3. The windows registry run keys:
# Click Start, Run, and type regedit and press enter.
# Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
# Click Software
# Click Microsoft
# Click Windows
# Click Current Version
# Click Run
Also inspect the runonce and runservices keys

4. The windows startup folders:
The Autostart folder is located in C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\startup

5. Downloaded programs (Active-X locations)

To complicate matters, some malware processes may hide behind and be launched by the valid system svchost process, which you may see multiple occurrences of in task mgr.. This makes their identification and removal more difficult:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

If you Download and install WinPatrol, You can click on services to see what is running behind each occurrence of  svchost.  You can also manage your startups by clicking on startups, and 'active tasks' will be you active list of running processes, similar to what you would see if you openned task Mgr.
http://www.winpatrol.com

pulsechild:
HiJackThis will come in handy, too. I know it doesn't show you things at startup, but it DOES give you more info then msconfig or services.msc will.

You can also right-click on My Computer. Properties >> Advanced >> Performance. You can turn off all of the bullshit "look its got a shadow w00t" crap. Those are RAM hogs.

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